RE: [Epic] The Hobby

From: Miller, Chris <CMiller_at_...>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 14:14:54 -0500

>
>
>It seems to me that everybody who is complaining about unpainted minis has
>taken
>Marines as their army. I find this a little disturbing.

-----> It's that whole "righteous" thing...

>As a devoted Waaargh! Leader, I chose da boyz in da box as my army, and I
>fully
>intend to paint them. The problem is, unlike marines, I can't just spray one
>color on all of my infantry and then detail with two or three more. Hell,
>half
>of the colors I want to use are hard to find in spray. For Example, my Nobz:
>I've chosen to make my nobz Bad Moons. Yellow bodies, black guns, black
>power
>claws, and green faces. Yet, this takes me forever, because I want a nob
>that's
>gonna look ded 'ard.

-----> the only thing I sprayed on my epic mini's was the primer. Don't
kill too much
time waiting for spray as by the time you paint all the detail, you
aren't saving much
time anyway...
>
>Now, you may say to me, "oh, so sit down and paint one detachment a night,
>you'll get it done in no time." Sure, and I'll not see my girlfrined who
>lives
>70 miles away, I'll not spend any time with my family, I'll not spend any
>time
>playing the multitude of other games out there, I'll not play any computer
>games
>I happen to own, I'll not do anything around the house that needs to be done,
>and I'll not do anything else I might plan on doing because I work 5 days a
>week
>and have many other obligations.

-----> Isn't that a bitch? I admit, much of my painting occurred before
I got a PC
(modern, anyway) and I find it's a constant battle for my limited free
time- paint
or play- as for the girlfriend thing - one of the few things as
expensive as a miniature
addiction, and they just don't go away - finally had to marry mine, and
she knew all
about my "habit", and still said yes. Even then, though, it's yet
another thing to take
up your time...
>
>Jeez, this turned into a rant real fast. Apologies to anybody whose been
>offended or pissed off by this tirade. I'm just tired of the painted-army
>snobs
>out there who think that they have the right to judge *me* unfit to play
>because
>my life doesn;t allow as much time as I pwould like to paint my army. And I
>know that there are marine players out there who take their time on the
>marines
>they play, and I applaud them.

----> Being a masochist, I bought into a 40K Ork army and a fantasy
greenskin army
over the last year. How much is painted? Not damn much...
>
>It's a *GAME*. That's all, nothing less. And to those who would never play
>me
>because I haven't painted my army, I say fine. I bet that there are more
>people
>out there with unpainted armies that completely painted, and I'll be more
>than
>willing to watch as their unprimered hordes attack mine. Because while, yes,
>painting the miniatures adds volumes to the game, it is not required to have
>a
>good time while playing.


-----> Oh, there are definitely more "primer legion" armies than not,
but I don't like
to play as much when unpainted, so we call 'em "practice".

>Rant mode off.
>
>Chris

Go ahead, we need more rants...

Chris Miller
Received on Mon Aug 18 1997 - 19:14:54 UTC